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Operation Homefront of South Carolina
COLUMBIA – Operation Homefront of South Carolina, which provides emergency financial assistance for military families and wounded warriors, reports there has been an increase in requests for food assistance from service members in South Carolina.

Jesef Williamsjwilliams@thelancasternews.com
Jobs and economic vitality were at the forefront Tuesday morning at the Lancaster Golf CLub Fairway Room.
That’s where elected officials gathered to update the Lancaster County Chamber of Commerce on current affairs during what was billed as the “State of the Community” breakfast.
Speakers were Lancaster Mayor Joe Shaw, Kershaw Mayor Wayne Rhodes and Lancaster County Council Chairwoman Kathy Sistare.

Reece Murphyrmurphy@thelancasternews.com
A portion of S.C. 9 in Lancaster will be renamed in honor of a state highway patrolman, and Lancaster native, killed in the line of duty.
Patrolman Marion Charles Steele, then 28 and a five-year veteran of the highway patrol, was shot to death by one of three teenagers during a traffic stop in Chesterfield County on Sept. 10, 1966.

Julie Graham
For The Lancaster News
VAN WYCK – Van Wyck is small in size, but big in Christmas spirit. The small community between Indian Land and Lancaster will spread holiday cheer with a Christmas parade at noon Saturday and The Lighting of the Way candle-lighting and worship event at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
The two events, held on the second weekend in December, have become holiday traditions for those who like the charm of small-town gatherings. Both are organized by the Van Wyck Community Development Club.
Christmas Parade

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
There are still no leads in the case of two men who tried to burglarize an elderly woman’s home while she was still inside last month, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office report.
A sheriff’s deputy was alerted to the situation after a 92-year-old Kershaw woman pressed her life alert button about 2 p.m. Nov. 25.
The deputy responded to a home in the 9000 block of Taxahaw Road a few minutes later and spoke with the woman.

Christopher Sardellicsardelli@thelancasternews.com
A North Carolina man reported missing before Thanksgiving was found alive and well by authorities in Indian Land last week.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department had been searching for the 29-year-old New London man ever since his girlfriend reported him missing Nov. 19. The woman called police after the man failed to show up at band practice or return home from Charlotte, according to a Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office report.